Dirigible headlight



Feb. 12, 1029. 1,702,004

J. HELSTROM DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT Filed March 27, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Hlfram Feb.'12, 1929.

J. HELSTROM DIRIGIBLE' HEADLIGHT Filed March 27, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 iv m m m 3 Patented Feb. '12, 1929. V I

STATES PATENT OFFICE."

JULMER HELSTROM, OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

Application filed March 27, 1925. Serial No. 18,816.

This invention relates to automobile head- 7 the steering column, and 8 the steerin wheel 55 lights, and has for one of its objects theproof an automobile of any make or desig i'i. vision of novel, simple and inexpensive sup- The headlights 9 of the automobile are rporting and actuating means for headlights tatably supported by arcuate brackets 10.

of this character which will permit them to The brackets 10 are provided with inclined be turned to the left in order that the headflanges 11 in order to permit them to be se- 0 lights of approaching automobiles will not cured to the front fenders 3 in the manner interfere with the visions ofthe drivers ofthe Show in F g and V 3T6 each Provided automobiles and at the same time illuminate with an upper bearing 12 and relatively 10 the road for a distance sufiicient to prevent spaced lower bearings 13 and 14. Stub shafts the possibility of collision or the possibility 15 which are secured to the upper sides of of driving off of the road. y the headlights 9 are journaled in the bearings l Vith the above and other objects in view, 12 and are provided with retaining nuts 16. th i ti consists of the construction, Similar shafts 17 which are secured to the 15 combination and arrangement of parts herelower sides of the headlights 9 are journaled in inafter fully described and claimed, and ile be rings 13 and 14 and are provided with lustrated in the accompanying drawings, r ining nuts 18. The bearings 12, 13 and i V 14: are similar, and each includes a removable Figure 1 is an elevational viewof the front p 0 o permit the ready application or re- 20 of an automobile having headlightsembodymoval f the headlights 9 to or from the ing my invention, brackets 10, the caps being secured in place Figure 2 is a side View partly in elevation y screws 21- Each shaft 17 is provided and partl i ti l ti f th f t with a rearwardly directed arm 22 which are portion of the automobile lOCEllSGCl between i116 bearings 13 and 14 and 25 Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of one Whl h re connected together by a rod 23 in of the headlights and supporting bracket, Order t0 (MUSE i1 HIIifOIm g 11101781116111? so Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of one Q the heafilllghts Th rod 23 is vof Secof the headlights and supporting bracket, (mill formation d the n g ous ends Figure 5 is a view in front elevationof :1 thereof are connected together y a r 30 portion of the headlight actuating mechak e to p mi a relative adjustment of m V y the headlights Nuts 25 mounted in the rod Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken on 23 and contactmg With the s hereof preth plane i di t d b th li 6 6 f Fi vent causal rotation of the turn buckle 24. ure 2, A shaft 26 provided at its upper end with a 35 Figure 7 is a detail sectional view taken on hand level 27 d at its I B n With an th la i di t d b th li 7-7 f Fi upwardly extending crank 28, is arranged um 2, in parallel relation to the steering column 7 Figure 8 is a detail sectional View taken on and is journaled in the bearing 29 of a bracket th plane indicated by the line 8 -8 of Fig- 30 and the bearing 31 of a. bracket 32 secured 40 11 3, to the steering column 7. The brackets 30 Figure 9 is a detail sectional view taken on and 32 are of sectional formation to permit th plane i di t d b th li 9 9 of Fig: them to be readily applied to the steering V ure 3, and column 7 and to permit the shaft 26 to be Figure 10 is a detail sectional view of one readily mounted in their bearings, and the, 45 of the ball and socketjoints by which certain sections thereof are connected together by parts of the device are connected together. bolts 33. The bracket 30 which is arranged in Corresponding and like parts are referred close proximity to the steering wheel 8 is proto in the following description, and desigvided with an arcuate and preferably resilient nated in the several views of the accompanycatch 34. Adjacent its ends, the catch 34 is Y 50 ing drawings, by similar reference characprovidedwith depressions 35 for the reception r y of the hand lever 27. When the hand lever In the drawings 1 designates the front axle, 27 is in one of the depressions 35 it holds the 2 the front wheels, 3 the front fenders, 4 the headlights 9 in normal position, while when radiator, 5 the engine hood, 6 the cowl board, it is in the other depression it holds the head lights 9 in their tum-ea or adjusted position.

A horizontal shaft 36 is journaled in bearings 37 secured'to theifront sideof the board 6,

extending ar1n38 and at the other end with a forwardlyextending arm 39, the arm 38 be- I ing longer than the arm 39. A link 40 is conshaft 26 by cooperate with said armsto limit the turning and is provided at one end with a downwardly V readily apparent to those skilled in the art to lVhile I V 43 is Connected to the lower end of the arm 38.

of thesh'aft 36 by a ball and socket joint '44,"

and has its other'end pivotally connected as 7 The ball and socket joints 41,42 and 44 are similar, and as shown in Figure 10 each'comat 45 to an'arm 46 which is secured to one of prises a sleeve 47 provided with-an angular stem 48 terminally provided with aspherical head49. Each joint alsocomprises a threaded stem 50 provided with a socketed head 51 for thereception of the spherical head, 49.

The'sleeve 47 is threadedly connected to one the other, and in view thereof any play in the part and the stem 50 threadedly connected to various parts "of the device may be taken up by adjusting the sleeves 47 and the stems 50 with respect to the parts to which they'are secured. o

theheadlights 9 willbe turned to the right and when rocked in the reverse direction they Will be returned to their, normal position.

v Theheadlights 9 will beheld turned to the 'ment with the arms 22 of the shafts l7, and

movement of the headlights 9'in both directions.

From the foregoing connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation of the invention will be which the invention appertains. have described the principle of operation of the invention, togetherwith the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made therein when de-' sired-as are within the scope ofthe invention as claimed. V v r i What is claimed'is r 1 The combination with the headlights ofian automobile, means rotatably supportingi'the headlights, means connecting the headlights for simultaneous rotation, an arm extending rearwardly from one of the headlights, a shaft arranged in parallelrelation to and rotatably mounted on the steering column ofthe auto mobile and provided at its uppe'r end with a hand lever and at its lower end with anup-' wardly extending crank, a horizontal shaft rotatably supported inadvance of said first shaft and rearwardly of-and above the crank V ii I v of'said shaft,'said horizontalshaft being pro- When the shaft 26 is rocked in one direction I vided atone end with a forwardly extending short arm andat'the other with a long i-lil'i'l extendin downwardly andforwardly to a point below the crank of said firstshaft, a link connected to the crankof said first shafta'nd to the forwardly extending'arm of the horizontal shaft, and a rod connected to the downwardly extending arm of the horizontal shaft and to the arm connected to one of the-headlights."

In testimony whereof I affix my signature;

' JULM'ER HELSTROBL description, taken in 

